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Photo by me. Actor, comedian, and musician Gregg Turkington was petting his cat when I spoke to him over the phone from his Los Angeles home. He’ll make his second appearance at Cropped Out this year as Neil Hamburger, the stand-up comic we both need and deserve. I was first introduced to America’s Funnyman my freshman year in college, thanks …

Chatted on some podcasts recently, since I know you’re dying to hear my voice as much as I love hearing it. Most recently, my friend Robert has a great politics and current affairs show My Old Kentucky Podcast, which he invited me to talk about my terrible, no good, very bad experience attending President Tr*mp’s highly pointless stop in town …

I forget the when or where. I think I was talking with Zach about figuring out a Valentine’s-related event that wasn’t cliche or lame. That’s where the idea for My Crummy Valentine was birthed (with respect to Vectortone‘s man-on-the-street Clark for coming up with the name). So I formed a band with some of my friends, which included members of …

Syd from Louisville’s preeminent arts and culture blog Never Nervous chatted with me about all the things right before the debut of My Crummy Valentine. It was a nice conversation, so it’s here below (but please give ’em some traffic too!). I was first introduced to the work of Michael Powell under the guise Kenny Bloggins, a moniker which he …

We visited Copenhagen in July of 2015 because the flights into continental Europe to this airport were insanely cheap and I love bicycling. So lots of photos of bikes, as it’s the biking Mecca. Food was really expensive, and there’s some serious sensory confusion with daylight pushing past 10 p.m. with a 55 degree air temperature. Beautiful city, great beer, …

If you ever needed proof positive that those lists you see shared around Facebook are completely bunk, USA Today’s 10 Best Bike-Friendly Cities is a good one. They list Louisville – a city that’s gettin’ there in terms of bike-forward attitudes but sure as heck ain’t there yet – among name brand two-wheeled powerhouses like Portland and flat-as-a-pancake Minneapolis (not to mention …

A lot of talk about death this week of course, as we saw people who touched a lot a lot of other people in some meaningful way pass away suddenly. In terms of the passing of someone I didn’t know personally, losing Trish Keenan five years ago today unequivocally affected me the most. I couldn’t think straight that day. It …

Hey, my show Radio Spectre made it on one of the first dial tests of WXOX 97.1 in Louisville. Formerly known as ARTxFM, this community-powered LP station will permanently hit the airwaves 24/7 this February. My buddy Ben helped me put together this proper-fucked take on seasonal music for the annual Merry Krampus holiday spectacular on Wednesday, December 16th. Enjoy the …

I was extremely honored to be invited by Block Party Boutique to participate in their group exhibition, Typography is Art, in September 2015. I submitted four pieces for display that people responded to rather kindly. More importantly, I exhausted the gallery’s arsenal of Franzia boxed wine during the opening reception. My artist statement, and some cool photos the curators shot, …